Florida Court Says Colleges May Be Liable for Off-Campus Injuries

By JEFFREY SELINGO

A university may be held liable for a student's injuries at an
off-campus internship site if the institution had a significant
role in establishing the internship and knew in advance that the
site was dangerous, the Florida Supreme Court ruled in late
March.

A then-graduate student in psychology sued Nova Southeastern
University in 1998, after she was robbed and sexually assaulted in
the parking lot of the Family Services Agency, where she had been
assigned by